Good Quilting Book - Need Advice
12-15-2014, 05:55 AM
#31
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There is just one book that I recommend to all of my pupils and won't be without it myself http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Sear...n=Rotary+magic and at a $1! It's a no brainer
12-15-2014, 10:40 AM
#35
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If you could only have one or two quilt books, what would they be?
I am looking for some recommendations for a sort of all-purpose quilting book. I just started to quilt a few months ago and have taken one beginner class and completed a couple of small lap quilt projects. My husband and I are moving to a farmhouse up in the hills in Ecuador at the end of the month and I won't have access to a quilting shop, so I have to take everything with me that I'll need to use.
I have an old Singer 15-91, so I can't do any fancy stitches, just straight stitches and I have really enjoyed piecing quilt tops but have only quilted with rows of straight stitches. I haven't learned how to FMQ yet and only bought one quilt pattern to take with me.
I still use mostly her methods except tossing the scraps over my shoulder, I can't get to the floor to pick them back up! Lol!
Thanks for your recommendations!
I am looking for some recommendations for a sort of all-purpose quilting book. I just started to quilt a few months ago and have taken one beginner class and completed a couple of small lap quilt projects. My husband and I are moving to a farmhouse up in the hills in Ecuador at the end of the month and I won't have access to a quilting shop, so I have to take everything with me that I'll need to use.
I have an old Singer 15-91, so I can't do any fancy stitches, just straight stitches and I have really enjoyed piecing quilt tops but have only quilted with rows of straight stitches. I haven't learned how to FMQ yet and only bought one quilt pattern to take with me.
I still use mostly her methods except tossing the scraps over my shoulder, I can't get to the floor to pick them back up! Lol!
Thanks for your recommendations!
12-15-2014, 12:58 PM
#37
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The book only seems to be available secondhand these days. So far every seller on Amazon I have checked want around $35 for postage to Australia which is crazy.
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12-15-2014, 01:27 PM
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12-15-2014, 05:45 PM
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Another vote here for Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Quilting. Unlike the Fons and Porter book, in which you learn the techniques as you complete a particular project, the Better Homes Complete Guide covers specific techniques, not based on projects that you might not want to do. It's a great reference source I go to again and again, and it does have very nice photos rather than line drawings.
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